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Climate change could bring more hurricanes
New research suggests that cyclones and hurricanes will occur more frequently as the climate changes, challenging previous assumptions.
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Speaking Out for Clean Water Protections
Today was a great day for clean water. We saw more than 100 activists turn out at an Environmental Protection Agency public hearing to support strong water pollution standards. We […]
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Peak Water: What Happens When the Wells Go Dry?
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce […]
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Coal-burning slashed lifespans by five years in China, study finds
Residents of northern China lost an average of five years from their lives because the government handed out free coal from 1950 to 1980.
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The Southwest’s forests may never recover from megafires
"Abnormal" fire risks have become the new normal in the parched Southwest.
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Solar Costs and Grid Prices On a Collision Course
With the cost of solar continuing to fall rapidly (50% in the past five years) and electricity prices rising steadily, if slowly, the approach of solar grid parity is near. […]
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Infographic: Piling up Keystone XL’s petcoke
In the President’s recent speech on climate change, he said “our national interest will be served only if [Keystone XL] does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.” There are […]
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Major Norwegian Pension Fund Drops Tar Sands Investments
Citizens and community leaders converging this weekend in Northern Alberta for the annual “Tar Sands Healing Walk” will likely be quite happy with news that another major European financial institution […]
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It’s Past Time to Confirm EPA Chief Nominee Gina McCarthy
Patience is wearing thin. For more than three months, Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency has been stuck in limbo due to procedural stalling tactics […]
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U.K. throws party for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
In the Thames Estuary, 175 turbines are providing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
